Elastic metal band for wearing apparel



March 29, 1932. E. s. MIX

ELASTIC METAL BAND FOR WEARING APPAREL Filed June 12, 1931 INVENTOR 1;ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 29, 1932 ETF B' TAT EJjWIN S. MIX, OF ROCHESTER,NEVT YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HICKOK MANUFACTURING CO.,

INC., OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ELASTIC METALBAND ronwE nInc APPAREL Application filed June 12,

My present invention relates to belts, buckles and clasps and moreparticularly to articles of wearing apparel, such as waist belts,suspenders and garters. It contemplates the use of a known constructionof tions of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, thenovel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of thespecification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a waist belt in flat or extended positionconstructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of myinvention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of one of the belt tabs and theadjacent end of the band, with parts of the former turned back ordisplaced to reveal the disposition of the inner parts;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line of Fig. 2;

Fig. Q is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 2, showing the partscompletely assembled and secured, and

Fig. is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate thesame parts.

In the present instance, as appears, I have illustrated my invention asapplied to a waist belt and, in general, A indicates the body or bandthereof, B the buckle tab attachment and C the buckle engaging tab. Theband A is composed of two continuous spring wires 1 and 2. These arelooped back and forth in each instance to form upper eyes 3 and 4superposed upon lower eyes 5 and 6, with which they'normally lie inregister. When the band is stretched longitudinally, the adjacent pairsof superposed'eyes, each forming an individual spring,'are contractedand pulled away from each other, as

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shown in Fig. 4, and when the tension is "released, their elasticity,'or energization brings them back together again, shortening trcontracting the band. A cord 7 is wound .back and forth around thecrossed portions 1 and 1 and 2 and 2 of each half of the band and thehalves are held together by another cord 8 looped back and forthcontinuously through-the pairs of eyes land 6 of the one part and 4 and6 of the other. It will be seen that these cords give with thestretching of the spring elements, improve the appearance of the belt,and provide a friction surface engaging the garment where such surfacewould otherwise be wholly metallic and smooth. The ends of the cords theleather tabs B and C to constitute a bifurcation providing enclosingmembers 9 and 10. The endof the spring body, in each instance, isinserted between these for a part of their depth, and two tapes 11 arelooped around the two outer superposed coils 3-5 and around the crossedwires 11 and 2'2 as shown at 12, and the free ends '13 brought down tothe base of the pocket between the elements 9 and 10. Cement is appliedbetween the latter and on the ends 13 of the tape and the elements 9 andbrought closely together. They are then sewed with a line of stitchingthat runs down the side .or'lateral edges, as indicated at 14 and across"the base, as indicated at 15, catching and positively securing the tapeends 13.

An anchoring loop, stitch or similar fastening is run through the splitpocket at the center near'the end, as indicated at 16, which loop passesaround a strand of the center cord 8. V

Attaching means constructed. in accordance with my invention provides astrong connection between the tab and the wire body in a manner thatdistributes the strain of the relatively broad wire body transverselyacross the tab.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with an elastic metallic band embodying looped springwire, of a gether at their inner ends and to the pocket within the same.

2. The combination with an elastic metallic band embodying looped springwire, of a tab having a pocket provided with an unobstructed outwardlyopening portion through which an end portion of the band extends intothe pocket, a folded tape interlaced with loops of said spring wireadjacent the outer end of said pocket and within the same and having itsfolded portions extending inwardly on opposite sides of the band andbeyond the end of the latter and positively secured within the pocket atthe inner end of the latter.

3. The combination with an elastic metallic band embodying looped springwire, of a tab having a pocket provided with an unobstructed outwardlyopening portion through which an end portion of the band extends intothe pocket, two spaced folded tapes interlaced with loops of said springwire adjacent the outer end of said pocket and having their foldedportions extending inwardly on opposite sides of the band and beyond theend of the latter and positively secured together at their inner endsand to the pocket within the same, and an anchoring loop extendingthrough the pocket between said tapes and through said band.

4. The combination with an elastic metallic band embodying looped springwire, of a tab having a pocket into which an end portion of the bandextends, a tape connection interlaced with loops of the band and securedwithin the pocket to secure the band within the pocket, and an anchoringmeans spaced from the tape and passing through loops of the band tofurther secure the band in the pocket.

5. The combination with a band, of a tab having a pocket through whichan end portion of the band extends, two folded tapes extending throughthe band adjacent that end thereof which is disposed in the pocket andextending on opposite sides of the band and secured at their inner endswithin the pocket adjacent the inner end of the pocket, the tapes beingspaced apart, and means passing through the pocket and the band betweenthe tapes to further secure the band within the pocket.

6. The combination with an elastic band, of a tab having a pocketprovided with an unobstructed outwardly opening portion through which anend portion of the band ex-

